Disabled people have never had it so bad…

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  Many people have been shocked by a story which appeared on Twitter yesterday. Alex has collated the tweets here. To put this in context, the poster Thomas Hemingford’s twitter profile reads: “Man. Married, disabled wife. 3 Children, 1 disabled.” Now … Continue reading

John Cruddas Another Champagne Socialist…

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2305035/Labours-Comrade-Cruddas-beautifully-remote-THIRD-home-Irish-Coast-writing-Milibands-manifesto.html   Related articles Will Jon Cruddas have the courage to deal with Labour’s Liam Byrne problem? Labour’s Comrade Cruddas and the beautifully remote THIRD home on the Irish Coast where he is writing Miliband’s manifesto Labour policy chief Jon … Continue reading

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Watch/Listen to this: Shaye- Broken Britain…

This is wonderful, the talented Shaye, the 15 year old progeny of journalist Sonia Poulton has written, performed and made the video for her song ‘Broken Britain’ all proceeds go to charity
and she asks fans to sign the WOW
petition
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Brighthouse and the heavy price of paying by the week

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Those who can least afford it are being charged up to twice as much to buy goods from the growing number of rent-to-buy stores such as Brighthouse Continue reading

Sick and disabled braced for enforced work-for-benefits programme

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Welfare claimants could be forced to work without pay and be stripped of benefits under scheme starting on Monday Continue reading

Fitness-for-work tests hit by technical chaos

Employment minister Chris Grayling has been asked to explain the chaos around fitness-for-work tests

Private firm Atos found to have just 11 audio machines to record up to 11,000 tests for benefit eligibility each week Continue reading

It’s either the drink or the dole: Go into rehab or lose benefits, alcoholics and drug addicts told…

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Drug users and alcoholics are to be forced to enter treatment or face losing out-of-work benefits, Iain Duncan Smith will announce today. The Work and Pensions Secretary will reveal that 160,000 dependent drinkers are in receipt of one or more … Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Hunt facing new sleaze probe after failing to declare £7,000 donations from media firms…

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Jeremy Hunt is facing the prospect of a new sleaze probe after it emerged that he failed to declare more than £7,000 in donations from companies in sectors for which he has ministerial responsibility. The Culture Secretary attended at least … Continue reading